Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds PPD Award for Firefighter With Shoulder Injury | 03/15/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits for a firefighter’s shoulder injury. Cas...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment on Labor Law, Indemnification Claims | 03/15/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to the defendants in a Labor Law action and on their third-party claim against the injured worker’s employer. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Advisory Committee Measure, Fee Schedule Resolution | 03/15/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill removing a location requirement for appointments to a workers’ compensation advisory committee and passed a resolution that would approve changes to the medical fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Denies Benefits for Traveling Employee | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A narrowly divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a traveling employee was not entitled to benefits for his alleged injuries from a car accident that happened while returning to a job site after an unauthorized midweek trip home. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Requiring Exposure Testing for Air Ambulance Workers | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday enacted a bill requiring the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and self-insured public employers to pay for services used to determine whether certain air ambulance workers sustained an injury following exposure to blood or bodily fluids. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Brick Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a falling brick was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. Case: ...Read More | |||
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TDI Adopts Revisions to Classification System | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance on Wednesday announced that it has adopted changes to its rules that replace state-specific phrases with multistate classifications used by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Embattled Contractor Accused of Failing to Carry Comp | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A contractor in Maine who was acquitted on manslaughter charges after a jury determined his workers were independent contractors with the autonomy to choose for themselves whether to follow safety rules is now facing charges of failing to carry workers’ compensation, according to ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Agreed-Upon Comp Bill | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Wisconsin Senate passed a multifaceted bill that would increase benefits and implement procedural changes through provisions agreed upon by members of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Determination of Housekeeper's MMI Date | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a determination of the date a worker reached maximum medical improvement for her injuries from a fall. ...Read More | |||
